The Apex Court in the matter namely H. Venkatachala Iyengar vs. B.N. Thimmajamma & Ors. [AIR 1959 SC 443] dealt with an interesting and important question i.e. what is the true legal position in […]
Mere proof of “unfair trade practice” is not enough for claim or award of relief unless causing of loss is also established. Punitive damages are awarded against a conscious wrong doing unrelated to the actual loss […]
Where on an overall reading of the complaint under Section 138 N I Act, the High Court may quash the Complaint against the Director in the absence of more particularls about role of the Director […]
While computing the period from the making of the award till the commencement of the 2013 Act, Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act does not exclude any period during which the land acquisition proceeding might […]
It is always open to the appropriate government under Section 24(2), if it so chooses, to initiate proceedings for acquisition afresh in accordance with the provisions of 2013 Act. But, till that happens, the land, […]
Unless and until the compensation is tendered to the persons interested, mere depositing of the compensation in the court would not be sufficient. Compensation cannot be regarded as having been paid merely on the deposit […]
An entry in the cadastral survey over 100 years old with regard to nature of land is not an entry for all times in future but an entry with regard to existing state of affairs […]
Section 105(3) of the 2013 Act in the event of Central Government issuing a notification, the same will have a binding effect on the authorities under the National Highways Act, 1956.
Under Section 24(2) land acquisition proceedings initiated under the 1894 Act, by legal fiction, are deemed to have lapsed where award has been made five years or more prior to the commencement of 2013 Act […]